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The writer needs mechanisms to maintain enthusiasm and minimise worry so that he can take full advantage of moments that…
I’ve used my nightie in workshops with serious-minded business people, in schools with cynical sixth-formers, in warehouses with fork-lift truck…
Andy Jackson speaks with John Greening about poetry design classics, the joy of anthologies and collective ‘daft ideas’. Andy Jackson…
At 8.5 pence per loan, sometimes the annual sum from the public lending rights can be more than writers receive…
Nowadays I rarely venture into central London. I’m drawn instead to Hampstead Heath. It’s the nearest thing to the countryside.…
Shanta Everington describes her experiences as an adoptive parent and how adopting her son inspired a PhD. Shanta Everington describes…
All the poet needed, it seemed, was a well-proportioned townhouse on a sunny piazza, a couple of thousand calf-bound books…
I’ve learned the hard way that the best thing to do is wait, until one idea out-shouts the others, and…
I’ll resort to tea, but anything stronger would make things much worse. The likes of John Berryman or Dylan Thomas…
Writers discuss their favourite children’s book. Millie Murray, Nii Ayikwei Parkes, Brian Keaney, Mirza Waheed, Rukhsana Ahmad, Mahendra Solanki and…
Andy Jackson speaks with John Greening about writing groups, imposter syndrome and people as inspiration. Andy Jackson speaks with John…
I don’t know what it is, but there just seems to be a divide between my creative thinking and all…
